The Community Spotlight 2023.11.18

Welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight! I, @zombiepie, am once again honored to be your host as we look back at the best community creations from the previous week!

The biggest announcement BY FAR has to be about the site's Game of the Year plans. If you have not yet heard, the final day of Giant Bomb's 2023 GOTY content will be conducted before a live audience at The Moroccan Lounge in Los Angeles, California. While tickets were available for people interested in attending, those tickets have sold out.

However, many people have been confused about this announcement, and here's some clarification from @turboshawn, one of the people in charge of editing videos and Giant Bomb's social media team.

Since Grubb mentioned it on the Bombcast, I'll reiterate for anyone who missed it: The live event is the "finale" of GOTY discussion stuff. The focus, at least, will be on the Eurovision-style voting and the discussions surrounding that. But hey, who knows what else will be included in the show.

So, yes, the site will still have a full slate of GOTY deliberation podcasts for your enjoyment. For those of you asking about guest lists, I have nothing specific to report at this time other than Grubb is exploring the site's options. I would hint that you should remain optimistic.

And, in case you missed it yesterday, cool new merchandise is coming to the Giant Bomb store in the near future! There are new clothes on the horizon, but the big one has to be hand-carved and woodcut printed Giant Bomb Posters from Just A Jar Press! These are handmade posters, so only 100 uniquely printed posters will be available as well as 10 Limited Edition + numbered holofoil prints.

Extra Life 2023 Information

This weekend marks the STUNNING CONCLUSION of Giant Bomb's "official" participation with Extra Life 2023! On Saturday, November 18th from 12PM to 8PM Eastern, Giant Bomb Midwest will be led by Dan, The Windbag, and Mike Minotti in a gauntlet of retro game torture! With that sort of cast of characters, you can only imagine that there will be CHAOS! Also, please be aware, Dan has his own donation page which you will find linked below!

Also, Bakalar is going to do a SURPRISE PINBALL CHARITY STREAM on November 19th! As a result, we may have Giant Bomb chat during the weekend if there are enough people streaming for the team!

Also, we have a handful of Giant Bomb community members that are part of the site's Extra Life team that were not able to stream during the main "Game Day" weekend, and you will see them linked below! Donate what you can and many thanks to those that have both already donated and even streamed for the team! Even before Dan started, the team total was over $56,000!

• Dan Ryckert (Giant Bomb Staffer) - DONATION GOAL OF $7,440!
• Jeff Bakalar (Giant Bomb Staff) - DONATION GOAL OF $2,000!
• subpixelteam (Team Member) - DONATION GOAL OF $1,000!
• rasgueado (Team Member; Stream Date 11/18/2023) - DONATION GOAL OF $500!
• hightopninja (Team Member; Stream Date 11/25/2023) - DONATION GOAL OF $2,000!

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Unsanctioned Unofficial Game Pass Game Club Voting Thread For Cycle Starting November 20, 2023 (By: @bigsocrates)